Dump a Brave extension's LevelDB json data from command line

readme.md

Setup

clone and build leveldb-cli

go get github.com/liderman/leveldb-cli
cd ~/go/src/github.com/liderman/leveldb-cli

go install

Usage

dump the JSON data from Brave Nightly's Crypto Wallets extension (default)

./dump-extension-data.sh

dump data from Crypto Wallets in a custom profile

PROFILE=/path/to/profile ./dump-extension-data.sh

dump data from an arbitrary extension in a custom profile

EXTENSION=abcdefghijklmnop PROFILE=/path/to/profile ./dump-extension-data.sh

dump-extension-data.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

LEVELDB_CLI=$HOME/go/bin/leveldb-cli
EXTENSION=${EXTENSION:-odbfpeeihdkbihmopkbjmoonfanlbfcl} # default is Crypto Wallets
PROFILE=${PROFILE:-"$HOME/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-Nightly"} # default nightly profile
FORMATTER=

if which jq 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
  FORMATTER="jq ."
elif which python3 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
  FORMATTER=python3 -mjson.tool
fi

echo "Loading extension '$EXTENSION' in profile dir '$PROFILE'"

cd "$PROFILE/Default/Local Extension Settings"

data=$((echo -e "open $EXTENSION\nget data\nexit") | ~/go/bin/leveldb-cli | tail -n +7)

if [[ -z "$FORMATTER" ]]; then
  echo "$data"
else
  echo "$data" | eval "$FORMATTER"
fi